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砚yàn
  1. ink-stone

    trad. 硯

Also written 硯【yàn】

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古砚gǔ yàn

antique ink slab; CL:台[tai2]

同砚tóng yàn

classmate; fellow student

墨砚mò yàn

ink slab; ink stone

广砚Guǎng Yàn

Guangnan and Yanshan (in Yunnan)

柘砚zhè yàn

ink slabs from a place in Shandong

涤砚dí yàn

to wash an ink-slab; to prepare for study (idiom)

焚砚fén yàn

to destroy one's ink-slab (i.e. to write no more because others write so much better)

瓦砚wǎ yàn

ink stone or ink slab made from an antique palace tile

端砚Duān yàn

high-quality ink stonemade in Duanxi and Guangdong

笔砚bǐ yàn

writing brush and ink stone

陶砚táo yàn

ink stone made of pottery

辟雍砚pì yōng yàn

ink slab or ink stone of celadon or white porcelain with unglazed surface

磨穿铁砚mó chuān tiě yàn

to grind one's way through an ink stone; to persevere in a difficult task (idiom); to study diligently (idiom)

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